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The Deep Impact Impact onto Tempel 1 as witnessed by Hubble

Notes from the morning-after press conference

Emily Lakdawalla • July 04, 2005

Here in Von Karman auditorium at JPL, as they get ready for the press conference, they are playing "Rock Around the Clock," by Bill Haley and His Comets. Very appropriate! The press panel is mostly familiar: Andy Danztler, Rick Grammier, Shyam Bhaskaran, Mike A'Hearn, and Pete Schultz.

Views of Tempel 1

Emily Lakdawalla • July 04, 2005

It looks like the European Space Agency was busy overnight -- lots of great Earth- and space- based images of the impact have been appearing on various websites.

Deep Impact Comet Crash Produces Great Big Comet Flash

Emily Lakdawalla • July 04, 2005

The Deep Impact mission seems to have produced an impact crash beyond the expectations, but not the hopes, of the science team.

Deep Impact live blog

Emily Lakdawalla • July 04, 2005

Live blog from the press room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as Deep Impact's Impactor meets its fate at the comet....

A couple of notes on the Deep Impact images

Emily Lakdawalla • July 03, 2005

After the press conference I asked Mike A'Hearn a couple of questions about the raw images we're seeing online.

Quotes from Deep Impact "Pre-Impact Update" press conference at JPL

Emily Lakdawalla • July 03, 2005

The panel consists of: Andy Danztler, Solar System Division Director at NASA HQ; Rick Grammier, Deep Impact Project Manager, JPL; Jennifer Rocca, Deep Impact Systems Engineer, JPL; and Mike A'Hearn, Principal Investigator, University of Maryland.

The Deep Impact Impactor spacecraft, an hour after separation

The Deep Impactor is safely on its way!

Emily Lakdawalla • July 03, 2005

I woke this morning to find a press release in my Inbox that said: "One hundred and seventy-one days into its 172-day journey to comet Tempel 1, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully released its impactor at 11:07 p.m. Saturday, Pacific Daylight Time," or 06:07 UTC.